[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c6.s3.77 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.77 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.77 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3.77) Hastinâpur—1. Hastinâpura, the capital of the Kurus and of Duryodhana of the Mahâbhârata, twenty-two miles north-east of Mirat. Nichakshu, the grandson of Janamejaya, removed his capital to Kauśâmbî after the diluvion of Hastinâpura by the Ganges. It was also called 2. Gajasâhvayanagara. 3. Nâgapura. - [Previous: c6.s3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3.76) - [Next: c6.s3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3.78) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c6.s3.77) · Pramāṇa